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{{For|State Assembly election|1957 Assam Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1957 Indian general election in Assam
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1951–52 Indian general election in Assam
| previous_year = 1951
| next_election = 1962 Indian general election in Assam
| next_year = 1962
| election_date =
| seats_for_election = 12 (of 494) seats in the [[Lok Sabha]]
| registered = 44,95,359
| turnout = {{Nowrap|20,74,158 (46.14%) {{decrease}}1.82%}}
| image1 = {{eppt|Indian National Congress|height=100|width=80}}
| leader1 =
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| leaders_seat1 =
| seats1 = '''9'''
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}2
| popular_vote1 = '''11,84,708'''
| percentage1 = '''51.68%'''
| swing1 = {{increase}}5.94%
| image2 = {{eppt|Praja Socialist Party|height=100|width=80}}
| leader2 =
| leaders_seat2 =
| party2 = Praja Socialist Party
| seats2 = 2
| seat_change2 = {{increase}}2
| popular_vote2 = 4,57,643
| percentage2 = 19.96%
| swing2 = ''new party''
| map_image = Wahlergebnisse in Indien 1957.svg
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = [[1957 Indian general election]]
| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| before_election = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
}}

The [[1957 Indian general election]] in [[Assam]] were held to elect the 12 members from 10 constituencies in the state. The result was a victory for [[Indian National Congress]] winning 9 out of the 12 seats. And 2 seats were won by the [[Praja Socialist Party]]. The remaining seat was won by an [[Independent politician]].

== Voting and results ==

{{Election results
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]
|votes1=1184708
|sw1={{increase}}5.94%
|seats1=9
|sc1={{decrease}}2
|party2=[[Praja Socialist Party]]
|votes2=457643
|sw2=
|seats2=2
|sc2={{increase}}2
|party3=[[Communist Party of India]]
|votes3=235044
|sw3=
|seats3=0
|sc3=
|party4=[[Independent politician|Independents]]
|votes4=415217
|sw4={{increase}}4.37%
|seats4=1
|sc4={{increase}}1
|valid=2292612
|invalid=
|total_sc={{increase}}
|electorate=2074158
}}

== List of Elected MPs ==

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Constituency
! rowspan="2" |{{abbr|NoS|No. of Seats}}
! colspan="5" |Winner
! colspan="5" |Runner-up
! colspan="2" |Margin
|-
!Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
! data-sort-type=number | %
!Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
!data-sort-type=number | Votes
!data-sort-type=number | %
!data-sort-type=number | Votes
!data-sort-type=number | %
|-
! rowspan="2" |1
| rowspan="2" |[[Cachar Lok Sabha constituency|Cachar]]
| rowspan="2" |2
|[[Dwarika Nath Tewari]] (SC)
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|2,19,704
|55.85
|Dev Dhirendra Mohan
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|1,73,675
|44.15
|colspan="2"|{{abbr|N/A|Not applicable}}
|-
|[[Nibaran Chandra Laskar]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| colspan="9" |Returned Uncontested{{Efn|The reserved seat was won by election, and the unreserved seat was won unopposed}}
|-
!2
|[[Autonomous District Lok Sabha constituency|Autonomous Districts]] (ST)
|1
|[[Hoover Hynniewta]]
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|58,428
|49.86
|[[George Gilbert Swell|G. Gilbert Swell]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|40,580
|34.63
|style="background:{{party color|Independent}} ; color:black;"|17,848
|style="background:{{party color|Independent}} ; color:black;"|15.23
|-
!3
|[[Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency|Dhubri]]
|1
|[[Amjad Ali (Assam politician)|Amjad Ali]]
|{{Party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
|[[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]]
|1,01,303
|57.98
|Nazmul Haque
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|73,410
|42.02
|style="background:{{party color|Praja Socialist Party}} ; color:white;"|27,893
|style="background:{{party color|Praja Socialist Party}} ; color:white;"|15.97
|-
! rowspan="2" |4
| rowspan="2" |[[Goalpara Lok Sabha constituency|Goalpara]]
| rowspan="2" |2
|[[D. Basumatari|Dharanidhar Basumauari]] (ST)
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,83,774
|26.40
|[[Bishnu Prasad Rabha]] (ST){{Efn|Runner up for reserved seat}}
|{{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|98,180
|14.11
|colspan="2"|{{abbr|N/A|Not applicable}}
|-
|[[Rani Manjula Devi|Rani Manjula Debi]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,83,974
|26.43
|Bhabananda Datta{{Efn|Runner up for unreserved seat}}
|{{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|1,03,151
|14.82
|colspan="2"|{{abbr|N/A|Not applicable}}
|-
!5
|[[Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency|Gauhati]]
|1
|[[Hem Barua]]
|{{Party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
|[[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]]
|1,43,497
|59.76
|Devendra Nath Sarma
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|96,624
|40.24
|style="background:{{party color|Praja Socialist Party}} ; color:white;"|46,873
|style="background:{{party color|Praja Socialist Party}} ; color:white;"|19.52
|-
!6
|[[Darrang Lok Sabha constituency|Darrang]]
|1
|[[Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| colspan="9" |Returned Uncontested
|-
!7
|[[Nowgong Lok Sabha constituency|Nowgong]]
|1
|[[Liladhar Kotoki|Liladhar Kataki]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,19,002
|61.74
|Sukadev Goswami
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|53,947
|27.99
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|65,055
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|33.75
|-
!8
|[[Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency|Jorhat]]
|1
|[[Mofida Ahmed]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|80,028
|45.36
|Syed Abdul Malik
|{{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|33,713
|19.11
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|46,315
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|26.25
|-
!9
|[[Sibsagar Lok Sabha constituency|Sibsagar]]
|1
|Profulla Chandra Borua
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|92,374
|56.12
|Kedarnath Goswami
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|32,633
|19.83
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|59,741
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|36.29
|-
!10
|[[Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency|Dibrugarh]]
|1
|[[Jogendra Nath Hazarika]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|95,238
|69.32
|Nibaron Chandra Bora
|{{Party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
|[[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]]
|25,712
|18.71
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|69,526
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|50.60
|-
|}
{{notelist}}

== See also ==

* [[Elections in Assam]]

== Bibliography ==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090409234842/http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf Volume I, 1957 Indian general election, 2nd Lok Sabha]

== External links ==

* [http://eci.gov.in/ Website of Election Commission of India]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090303040541/http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/stats.php CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History]

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Bharatprspecialist at 16:31, 13 March 2026